Go ahead. Make our tax day:
The Cook County Board of Commissioners is considering increasing its sales tax to 11 percent to meet its budgetary needs. A vote was expected Monday, but the board put it off until Oct. 16. If approved, the sales tax would be nearly double Northwest Indiana's 6 percent sales tax. And that could not only mean more shoppers, but also more higher-end stores for the region, local officials say.
They're all just trying to get to Indiana as fast as they can for our excellent breaded tenderloins:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- State troopers issued 1,416 speeding tickets last year to drivers going more than 100 mph, an offense that Ohio labels a minor misdemeanor and is punishable by a $150 fine.
An Indiana State University student tries to improve town-gown relations:
In the end, I guess that Terre Haute really is not all that bad, as long as you are 21 years of age (or older), have plenty of money to burn, like to drink, don't mind loud, smoky, crowded bars, and don't have a car so you can just get the hell out of town.
Boy, talk about your toilet backups:
SELLERSBURG, Ind. -- Five people were injured Monday in an interstate pileup that began when two portable toilets fell from a flatbed trailer in southern Indiana.
A vehicle driven by Thomas Kozenski of Indianapolis struck one of the toilets, causing a chain reaction that involved seven cars, Indiana State Police said.
Sorry. Couldn't help myself.
This Star editorial on the proposed footbaths for Muslim taxi drivers at Indianapolis' airport is, on the whole, pretty unobjectionable:
But if state and city governments can make Good Friday a holiday for their employees, and that policy has so far withstood legal challenge, then why shouldn't the Airport Authority be able to accommodate certain religious practices?
You misunderstood whom I was calling bozos:
Gary Stark, of the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, gave a presentation on a Teacher Advancement Program at the invitation of Superintendent of Public Instruction Suellen Reed.
The evidence against ethanol just continues to mount:
The Indianapolis Star looks at the potential conflicts of interest for City-County Council President Monroe Gray, who is also an employee of the Fire Department, making him a member of both the executive and legislative branches:
Boy, it's good to know that if I end up in the emergency room with a heart attack or a head wound from a car wreck, I won't be contributing the destruction of the planet:
Indianapolis, IN---Community Hospital South's new emergency department is, first and foremost, there to care for patients experiencing a medical crisis. Though it may not be obvious to those in the midst of an emergency, the ER also is caring for the planet.
Everybody makes mistakes, including journalists. I've made my share, but nothing quite like this doozy in Indiana University's student newspaper:
Like everyone, we here at the Indiana Daily Student make mistakes from time to time. Unfortunately, because we relied on assumptions, the one we made in Tuesday's paper caused unneeded concern from a number of our readers.
